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​​​​​​​Tropical Blue Bamboo

​Bambusa chungii​

• ​​Common Name: Tropical Blue Bamboo (other common names: White Powdery Bamboo)
  
• Scientific Name: Bambusa chungii
  
• Family Name: Poaceae
  
• Origin: China
  
• Height: 20’ – 30’
  
• Width: 6’ – 8’
  
• Growth: moderate to fast growing
  
• Zone: 9A - 11
  
• Light Needs: Sun to Partial Shade to Light Shade
  
• Salt Tolerance:  low
  
• Soil/PH/Texture: prefers fertile and moist soils, acidic – neutral (pH 5.6 – 7.5)
  
• Soil Moisture: average water needs, do not over water
  
• Drought Tolerance: low
  
• Pests/Diseases: virtually disease free, check for cottony scales, aphids, and bamboo borers.
  
• Growing Conditions: easy to grow and low maintenance, prune the lower, weak, damaged, or dead branches in the spring to show off the culms.
  
• Characteristics: grown for its foliage, when they are young the culms are strikingly waxy blue in color, 1.5” in diameter, non-evasive, clumping form, and compact.
  
• Propagation: by dividing the root ball, rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, or offsets. Also, you can air layer them.
  
• Wildlife: unknown
  
• Facts: unknown
  
• Designer Considerations: use for a hedge, privacy screen, focal point specimen, border, or in a container on your patio or deck.
  

Tropical Blue Bamboo

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